The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-09-28
IS TOM wooLroLK GuLT..?
Doubts Raised as 10 tho Iic'i hutho" oi thr
Dreadful Murder Near Macon,
(From ,hc Now York Timcs

Doubts Raised as TO tho Iic,u Author of II,
! Dreadful Murder Nchr Macon,
From ,hc Now York Times
Tom Voolfolk, now in the Ata,tn
Iall, charged wiz the murder Of the ninl
membe OF his family, may not l..
guilty after all, There have !, on rurnors
ever since the tragedy that others than
n0m were concerned in it. Frank
walker. Mooltoik's attorney, disguised
as painter, visited the scene OF the
murder and gained information which
made 1t certain to Lin that negro wae
guilty of the crime.
Io-day'H Constitution contained Il
! special from Canton stating that JQ"e
Dcbose negro OF suspicious looks and
dCmCanor, t0i been arrested by W. J.
iNtchcn, sheriff Of Cherokee c"uu,r.
%.iu was held as mn escaped convlr'.
Nh!ie confined ~ jul The DCcry SAID
enough to warrant the shCHn IA notify
ing Colonel Walker that he was Of tic
OPINION That III" negro was concerned in
the Voolfolk tragedy. Uni, c>oming
Colonoi Walker went up, had talk with
the prisoner and now expresses himself
as feeling perfectly satisfied lhat ,aa
negro Is the real murderer Of the Wool.
i"'N i','i"J, VI, id,i'l, iil"l tS was con-
ceriieu III tno wholesale .li'!ng.
thc names OF three @tL"r negroes ne
aIso OBTAINED III conversation "jh the
prl&pncr IDe negro admitted knowilp
VINO ana the murders and promised Ito
tell Colonel Walker II ne would proiui,,
TO heip hlm out This ColnGci Walker
could not promise outuCh", but he final
iiy. succeeded III nduc ng 0ue negro to tell
MIN VINO the three others woro who were
amSocated with h1m IN tho killing,
hesc names agreed roticctly with those
previously learned 10y him from other
sources.
colonel Walker feels coutidCnt :Lut
tho negro is the party wh" did the kill
ing and expects To prove ,ucSc incts be-
Nohd doubt Ccrtap IL j, that this
negro Knows enough to !mphcatc otil' rs
besides ION voolfolk aS the murder, Is
OF inc hoollolN family, whether he ln-
pl!chtos hllnsc!i or clears Tom Wogilo!k
or not. ~ least TINS Is Colonel Nalky. IS
honest OPINION
me negro is an escaped convict. !.
Is SAD DC was sent TO the chain gang for
5tca'nS an axe from Nooiiolk. At the
timc he swore vengeance upon tn"
M"oltolk family. Coloucl Walker thinks
ne ie1lo" got 1t by killing tho family
WiAlc tho others were robbing the house.
re escaped from Tho chain gng several
DAYS before the kltilng uni vas IN tt'
I"' SAoorhooH OF inc Woolfoik riacc at
tiic u'ne oil ire killing, out las not no Z.
'hcf' SInco. Cu.ouci Walker has NtpEt.y
az 'icd IoM Noolip!ks gullt al tie
'me'
AIhNSl >, GA, Hcptamhcr= A s,o's,
hideou" IN ltH dct".iS, Is 'riu uy jus
DGGDorH, the coiore" man held IN t@.'
jan II INC iAnrdCr 0l the NouIu.N
iamnj
DcDoho saJ that Cal li,in Noo'loik
la" lil-tf'"t'o MN, and nc d"tcnnilcd
upon revenge ne took lnt" ms con
ll,'Glicc l,'T thfer con'eueratcS. "nd "bou, :
q CLOCK OF, inc morning "t the murder
tlc io'tf Sto"n It we front %"t' leading
70 i'l' nous" ne front door was open,
an" 'noY maze 'A,ir way into the ho.b
,:i oAT, ~ Ocpos', VINO STOOD ON tne out
Si.'e W. i'3 SentineL' y scream from Captain
Uo'ioih Iol" NAV I4o nouJ work "'llu
VA" Wt pcSHu' a bIoW vas struck at Mls,
W oHliHiA' %il4c'' 41 lHi.Sc" Nor and k'.@"
Inc ~. paoy' OnG oi tlG men cut down